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Northern Ireland
Lamb quotes surge to 670p/kg at 23kg
Kieran Mailey
Competition for a limited supply of slaughter fit lambs is growing and factory quotes are on the rise at factories in NI.
3 July 2024 News
Sheep kill could fall by over 200,000 head in 2024
A 100,000 head reduction in breeding ewe numbers, higher mortality and reduced lamb performance could see sheep throughput plummet in 2024.
5 June 2024 Pedigree
A deserving Champions cup for Coughlan's
Shanon Kinahan reports from a the Irish Vendéen Sheep Society All-Irelands in Athenry
Higher margins per ewe and lessons learned
Tynan Abbey participated in the NI Sheep Programme. Kieran Mailey looks at what was achieved across all the farms.
28 June 2023
UK sheep meat trade flips in Quarter 1
A complete turnaround in the UK sheep meat trade in Quarter 1 2023, as exports increase while imports fall, the opposite of the same period last year.
21 May 2023 News
Farm costs rising as bad weather takes toll
The Irish Farmers Journal livestock team examines just how much the poor spring is costing on farms nationwide.
13 April 2023 News